Monday, 17 December 2012

BMSTC will be closing for Christmas at 3.00pm on Friday 21st December and re-open at 9.00am on Wedesday 2nd January 2013. Limited oxygen will be available during the week we are closed. Please call 0118 901 6000 for further details.Best wishes to all our supporters, members and volunteers from the BMSTC team for a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful and Healthy New Year! :0)x

Sativex is a cannabis-based medicine which was licensed in June 2010 as a treatment for spasticity in MS. A review in the December 2012 issue of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) has suggested there is not enough evidence to support the use of Sativex routinely in treating spasticity in MS. Read more here!

Cat's blog appears in December edition of MS Society's Northern Ireland's newsletter.
With less than five days to go until my baby was due to be born, you would think I would be finding better things to do than filming for the MS Society. Read more here!

We are looking for a Junior Physio to cover whilst Henriette is off on maternity leave!

9 months fixed term contract, 31 hours per week, Monday to Friday with some flexibility. For more information and application form see our website here.Any enquiries please contact ruth@bmstc.org or call 0118 901 6000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting0118 901 6000end_of_the_skype_highlighting .Please feel free to share this post with anyone you think who may be interested!

The fourth edition of the Rough Guide to Accessible Britain is now available to view for free via the Zinio online reader. It’s packed with over 200 inspiring ideas for fantastic worry-free days out with reviews, hints and tips on some of the UK’s best attractions written by and for disabled people.

If anyone would like to order online here is the link, the M.S centre's party will be open until the 17th December so plenty of time to make a wish list, pass it on to friends and family http://www.stelladot.co.uk/ts/7fvjn1

Interesting information on various benefits, tax credits, social care and other related issues for claimants and advisers. Particular interest is the changes to DLA and the introduction of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) from April 2013. Read more here!

Aid4Disabled is here to offer you, as a disabled person, your family, carers and your friends, valuable advice, information, independence and, we hope, as a result, a better quality of life. For more click here!

The Link Group's very successful Christmas Fayre took place on Saturday. Reading West MP, Alok Sharma, cut the ribbon and declared the event open, alongside committee members Glynis Wilks, Penny Russell, Sue Smith and Sheila Booth.The Fayre raised £1,755.91 for the Centre, and we would like to thank everyone who worked to hard to make it a success.